FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Starting next week, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will reduce Route 1 from four travel lanes to two at the bridge over South River in Caroline County as construction advances to repair and rehabilitate the structure. 

The bridge is located near Ladysmith Village between Clara Smith Street and Glen Meadows Drive. 

The contractor, Bryant Structures, Inc., anticipated the long-term lane closures to go into place early this summer and are ahead of schedule. 

On Monday, March 27, Route 1 will be reduced to two travel lanes in the work zone, with one lane open in each direction until July 2024, when the $4 million project is expected to be complete. 

For more information, please visit the project page on http://www.VirginiaDOT.org.

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VDOT’s 14-county Fredericksburg District includes the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford in the Fredericksburg area; Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland counties in the Northern Neck; Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex counties in the Middle Peninsula.